The Rathskeller

120 N Washington Ave, Dunellen
(732) 968-2900

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Homemade Soups
Triple Onion Soup
Our version of the classic soup is made with sautéed shallots, a mix of Spanish, and red onions. Topped with toasted French bread melted Swiss, and provolone cheese.

Appetizers
Pretzel Crab Meltaway
Braided soft pretzel topped and baked with a blend of cheese and crab.
Nacho Platter
Tortilla chips topped with beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, onions, jalapeños, salsa, sour cream held together with a blend of cheddar, and Monterey jack cheese. Built for two.
Shrimp Cocktail
Fresh jumbo shrimp steamed, cleaned, and chilled. Served with lettuce, lemon wedges, crackers, and horseradish cocktail sauce.
Calamari
Calamari lightly dusted with an old bay seasoned flour coating. Served with a spicy marinara sauce.
Mozzarella Sticks
Breaded mozzarella sticks. Served with marinara sauce.
Potato Skins
Crispy potato skins topped with bacon, cheddar, and Monterey jack cheese. Served with sour cream.
Blackened Filet Bites
Blackened filet mignon bites. Served with blue cheese dressing.
Chicken Tenders
Chicken tenders are lightly breaded and fried. Served with your choice of honey mustard or BBQ sauce.
Steamers
Littleneck clams in white wine, garlic, and butter broth. Served with warm Italian bread.
Chicken Wings
Jumbo chicken wings. Served with your choice of sauce, buffalo, bbq, teriyaki, or sweet and sour, blue cheese dressing, celery, and carrot sticks.
Sushi Tuna
Sesame-crusted rare ahi tuna. Served with a side of wasabi and soy sauce.

Salads
Hotel Salad
Our featured salad is made with a spring mix with, tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, toasted pine nuts, raisins, and crumbled blue cheese. Great with chicken.
Chicken Taco Salad
Grilled chicken in a tortilla bowl with romaine lettuce, black olives, onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, and cheddar jack cheese with a side of avocado ranch dressing.
Grilled Chicken Caesar
Our classic caesar salad is topped with sliced grilled chicken. Add some spice to this salad with our blackened or lemon peppered chicken.
Greek Salad
Chopped romaine lettuce tossed with a red wine basil vinaigrette, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, kalamata olives, and feta cheese. Served with pita bread points.
Baby Spinach Salad
Fresh baby spinach tossed with a sweet Vidalia onion dressing and topped with bacon, mushrooms, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, roasted almonds, and a drizzle of balsamic reduction.
The Wedge Salad
A crispy wedge of iceberg lettuce topped with diced tomatoes, bacon, green onions, and blue cheese dressing.
Flat Iron Steak Salad
Flat iron steak over romaine lettuce with grape tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, green peppers, and red onions with a roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette.

Burgers
Hamburger (8 oz)
Charbroiled black Angus burger garnished with fresh lettuce, tomato, and onions on a kaiser roll. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Cheeseburger (8 oz)
Our charbroiled black Angus burger is topped with your choice of American, Swiss, cheddar, mozzarella, and provolone cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Bacon Cheddar Burger
Sizzling bacon and cheddar cheese top this burger. The midwest would be proud. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Rathskeller Burger (8 oz)
Charbroiled black Angus burger topped with jersey filet mignon Taylor pork roll and American cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Cowboy Burger (8 oz)
Charbroiled black Angus burger topped with bacon, onion rings, barbeque sauce, lettuce, tomato, and jalapeño peppers. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Mushroom Swiss Burger
Sautéed mushrooms are placed on the burger then Swiss cheese is melted on top to keep them off your lap. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Port Wine Cheddar Burger
Cheeseburger port-wine-cheddar. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Guacamole Bacon Swiss Burger
Charbroiled burger topped with hickory-smoked bacon, Swiss cheese, and guacamole. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickled, and hotel-made coleslaw.
Portabella Garlic Aioli Cheeseburger
Our vegetarian burger option consists of a grilled marinated portabella mushroom topped with a choice of cheese served with lettuce, tomato, onion, and a side of garlic aioli.

Sandwich Boards
Prime Rib Sabi Sandwich
Grilled sliced prime rib topped with sautéed onions and Swiss cheese on a toasted garlic Italian roll with a side of horseradish Sabi sauce.
Flat Iron Steak Sandwich
Seasoned and grilled flat iron steak, sliced. Served on toasted garlic bread.
Grilled Vegetable Sandwich
A portabella mushroom, roasted red peppers, squash, eggplant grilled with Italian herbs topped with hotel mozzarella, and a balsamic reduction on focaccia bread.
Lobster Reuben Sandwich
Shredded lobster, sauerkraut, Russian dressing, and Swiss cheese on toasted rye bread.
Cuban Sandwich
Fresh pork loin, ham, Swiss cheese, sliced pickles, mustard, and mayonnaise. Chicken bacon rancher grilled chicken, hickory smoked bacon, cheddar cheese with lettuce, and red onion on ciabatta bread with a side of ranch dressing.
Canuck Sandwich
Blackened chicken breast topped with Taylor pork roll and Swiss served on your choice of bread with a side of cajun mayo. A sandwich is sure to please any lumberjack.
Pub Dip Sandwich
Tender thinly sliced roast beef and hotel au jus on an Italian roll.
Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich
Hotel smoked pork BBQ. Served on a kaiser roll.
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast served on a kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, and onion. Also available is lemon peppered, barbecued, or blackened.
Chicken Cuban Sandwich
Chicken bacon rancher grilled chicken, hickory-smoked bacon, cheddar cheese with lettuce, and red onion on ciabatta bread with a side of ranch dressing.
Chicken Balsamic Focaccia Sandwich
Tender grilled chicken breast on toasted focaccia with sliced fresh mozzarella and roasted red pepper drizzled with a sweet balsamic glaze.
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Grilled chicken breast, fresh-cut romaine, tomatoes, and shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese with caesar dressing tucked in a garlic herb tortilla.
Cheeseburger BLT Wrap
Grilled quarter-pound cheeseburger with mayonnaise, crispy bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes in a garlic herb tortilla.
Chicken Bacon Rancher Sandwich
Grilled chicken, hickory-smoked bacon, and cheddar cheese with lettuce and red onion on ciabatta bread with a side of ranch dressing.

Personal Pizza
Margherita Pizza (10")
Thin crust personal pizza topped with fresh hotel mozzarella and fresh basil.
Garden State Pizza
A vegetarian personal pizza topped with tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and roasted red peppers.
Mexican Pizza
The great tastes of Italy and Mexico meet on this special pizza. This pizza is topped with cheddar and Monterey jack cheese, spicy ground beef, onions, tomatoes, black olives, and jalapeños peppers. Served with a side of salsa.
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Our personal pizza is topped with chicken tenders tossed in our buffalo sauce, cheddar, and Monterey jack cheese. Served with a side of blue cheese dressing.

Half Pints
The Best Macaroni and Cheese
This kids-sized bowl is filled with a blend of milk and cheeses.
Chicken Fingers
Served with fries.
Grilled Cheese
Served with fries.
Hamburger
Kids-sized burger with fries.
Cheeseburger
Kids-sized cheeseburger with fries.

Desserts
Malten Chocolate Cake
Banana Caramel Cheesecake Xangos
Raspberry White Chocolate Creame Brulee
Big Apple Pie
Rice Pudding
Brownie a La Made

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Recent Reviews

Our first time here. We had a wonderful dining experience. Food and desserts were AMAZING! Our server, Kelsey was awesome! I HIGHLY recommend! Prices are reasonable and, you get your money's worth! Can't wait to come back and try different dishes!
March 2026
We were able to reserve the upstairs for a family celebration of life and could not be happier with the experience. Great service, amazing food selection, perfect atmosphere for the varied age range of our family to all catch up! To top it all of they were able to accommodate our little kids food allergies and made a special plate for her! Several kids in our group, about a dozen and all under 10. Every one of them cleaned their plates and had enough room to play at the tables!
August 2024
This restaurant is in the bottom or the cellar of an old hotel that Dunellen hotel great atmosphere. If you’d like, nostalgic or colonial, field stonewalls hand cut beams and the food is good. Prices are amazing I highly recommend this place as well.
October 2023

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The Rathskeller

120 N Washington Ave, Dunellen, NJ 08812
(732) 968-2900